“Wait,” said Nolan, who had been absentmindedly staring down at the ring of well-cultivated farmland that surrounded the city. “Delia, take us back to the outskirts of the forest for a bit....
2022-01-22 03:17:10 +0000 UTC View Post“There’re a lot of demonic beasts down there.” Nyla’s spiritual sense was the most developed after Delia and May’s, which gave her a clear sense of the layout below as well as the differe...
2022-01-22 03:15:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt better not be more than a thousand for a ticket. Nolan led the way over to the cave mouth, where everyone was gathering with cups in hand. He was nervous about closing in on the last le...
2022-01-22 03:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah,” said Nolan, giving a sore man’s stretch as he followed Nyla out of the mausoleum. “It’s dark out, already?”
She shot him a flush-faced smile as she combed at her long, dark ...
2022-01-22 03:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe only man that had ever shown her love in this world turned out to be that old geezer that’d saved her life on that fateful day, and he’d done so for the entire three years that he’d raise...
2022-01-14 21:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostDelia’s mother had been a beautiful woman, the most dazzling of any that she had ever seen. This beauty had resulted in her death, for although she had possessed an angelic appearance that was ra...
2022-01-08 02:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post“And how’d you manage that?”
“Easily. All I had to do was make an arrayment that lets me see farther, and picks up on different temperatures. Living creatures tend to have different b...
2022-01-02 00:37:02 +0000 UTC View PostSean and Esteban both reached the peak of Profound Entry during this time, which resulted in them experiencing the same thing within their spiritual spaces. After investigating the subtle changes t...
2021-12-25 04:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostThinking back to how forward May had been when she had been disguised as her younger self, things suddenly made sense in his mind. The unexplained up-skirt view back in Elmer, the surprise shaft-gr...
2021-12-18 00:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post“What, you guys talked for a while and got to know each other, too?” Nolan nearly laughed. “This is the weirdest conversation I’ve ever had.”
Something seemed to click in Delia’s ...
2021-12-11 04:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry,” he said quietly, his eyes growing wet as he made to blink away the moisture. He collected himself almost immediately, though the guilt within his heart remained just as strong. ...
2021-12-04 00:21:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Truly astonishing," said May, who clasped her hands in front of her and bowed out of respect. "This disciple greets her master for the first time."
As the others began to fawn over their tea...
2021-11-26 23:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhoa, what the—Uncle Grey, who the hell's this guy?
How would I know? Before he could ask any other questions, Nolan was urged by his teacher. Quickly, make sure to pu...
2021-11-23 00:34:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Am I the only one who was expecting…not this?” Ian poked at a burlap pillow that sat atop a rough bed of flax and broad leaves. “Is this really the den of that monster?”
A large ca...
2021-11-15 03:29:11 +0000 UTC View Post“I should be saying that to you.” He ran a hand through his short hair, which was dripping-wet from all of the clouds that he’d been thrown through. “How many times would I have died by now...
2021-11-15 02:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostAt this altitude, the sun was completely unobscured by the clouds below, the air cold and thin. A few cumulonimbuses towered above the rest, like great mountains presiding over a bright seascape. T...
2021-11-15 02:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post“What the fuck is this thing?” he muttered to himself, his mind going blank as he realized that the tip of its tail had likely reached into the troposphere. Most of it had disappeared ...
2021-11-15 02:45:38 +0000 UTC View PostUncle Grey’s warning felt like an icicle being nailed into his heart. Why? What’s going on? Most of the other ships had also run aground, so none of them would be coming after him and ...
2021-11-15 02:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostNolan thought back to his early days in Venara, of wandering through the forests of the Northern Plains region, of living in Redfox Village and constantly venturing out into the surrounding grassla...
2021-11-15 02:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostMay also maintained her position behind the wheel, though she seemed greatly irritated every time an arrow hit her in this place or that. Most of the enemies were aiming for her, specifically her f...
2021-11-15 02:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post“What are our chances of running into that thing?” said Nolan. The thought of fighting a creature at the Genesis stage was already daunting enough, not to mention one that had demonized and abn...
2021-11-15 02:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostKaiden couldn't keep Katelyn out of his thoughts as he waited patiently for the police to finish phoning social services, who would apparently set him up with everything that he needed in order to ...
2021-11-13 05:23:34 +0000 UTC View Post“So those ships were all essence fusion objects?” asked Nyla, who was inspecting the vessel with curious eyes.
“I guess so. Anyhow, a ship this big requires about ten thousand spirit st...
2021-11-13 04:28:21 +0000 UTC View PostNolan was also shocked. Judging from the look that she’d sent him, he felt as if the woman had killed all of those people just to vent some of her frustration. What kind of person had he added to...
2021-11-13 04:04:22 +0000 UTC View PostWhy were the people of this world so hypocritical? Nolan stared at the thin, ratty-haired woman that was charging toward him with bloodshot eyes, who was clearly intent on taking revenge for her fa...
2021-11-13 03:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe five bills he'd taken from Penelope's dresser were all fifties, which would be enough to rent out a room at a cheap motel for a few nights. Unfortunately, Kaiden was barely sixteen and thus not...
2021-10-22 08:19:06 +0000 UTC View Post"How is that fair?" said Kaiden, whose voice had unsuspectingly gained heat. "I didn't ask for any of this!"
"You're right. It's not fair, but it's life. And you need to make a decision."
"I—I heard y—you were in town so I w—was h—hoping to t—talk to you." The weather had flushed Kaiden's face and caused his eyes to tear up, his nose running as his thighs burned from the n...
2021-10-22 06:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe beating from the night before had been his breaking point. From now on, if he was insulted by somebody then he wouldn't simply take it sitting down. If Brent or any of his other meathead cousin...
2021-10-22 06:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Kaiden finally awoke, he immediately noticed the absence of the nightly chill that usually crept into his body and seeped down to his bones whenever he spent a set amount of time in his bedroo...
2021-10-22 05:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post